Who We Are
The Collegeville Institute Seminars are:
- Interdisciplinary: We draw from experts in different fields and disciplines—including theology, sociology, psychology, ministry, and education.
- Ecumenical: We bring a variety of Christian traditions and interfaith perspectives to our shared work.
- Collaborative: We gather researchers and practitioners to work together on important issues facing today’s communities of faith.
We currently have four Seminars:
- Vocation and Faith in the Professions
- Vocation across the Lifespan
- Interfaith Perspectives on Vocation
- Integration in Theological Education
Generously funded by a grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc., the Seminars are a project of the Collegeville Institute, located at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota.
What We Do
Since 2010, the Seminars have been meeting twice yearly in Collegeville, Minnesota. Through conversation, study, and research, the Seminars seek to create resources for congregations, seminaries, universities, and other places of ministry.
Currently our resources include:
- Called to Life and Called to Work small group programs on calling for congregations
- Lives Explored video storytelling series on vocation
- Articles on vocation from Bearings Online
- Several books, including:
- Calling All Years Good: Christian Vocation throughout Life’s Seasons, Kathleen A. Cahalan and Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, eds. (Eerdmans, 2017)
- To Bless Our Callings: Prayers, Poems, and Hymns to Celebrate Vocation, Laura Kelly Fanucci (Wipf & Stock, 2017)
- The Stories We Live: Finding God’s Calling All around Us, Kathleen A. Cahalan (Eerdmans, 2017)
- Integrating Work in Theological Education, Kathleen A. Cahalan, Edward Foley, and Gordon S. Mikoski, eds. (Pickwick Publications, 2017)
- Calling in Today’s World: Voices from Eight Faith Perspectives, Kathleen A. Cahalan and Douglas J. Schuurman, eds. (Eerdmans, 2016)
- Christian Practical Wisdom: What It Is, Why It Matters, Dorothy C. Bass, Kathleen A. Cahalan, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, James R. Nieman, and Christian B. Scharen (Eerdmans, 2016)
- Living Your Discipleship: 7 Ways to Express Your Deepest Calling, Kathleen A. Cahalan and Laura Kelly Fanucci (23rd Publications, 2015)
